Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Beautiful Country by Qian Julie Wang

8 reviews

sprucewillow's review against another edition

dark emotional slow-paced

4.5

I loved listening to this, has horrible as the trauma was.

I wish there were more good things that happened but who knows if that was due to the author excluding them or good things really did just rarely happen.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Racism, Medical content, Child abuse, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Sexual harassment, and Animal cruelty

Minor: Genocide

shortstackz's review against another edition

emotional sad slow-paced

3.5

This is a tough read for anyone who has experienced childhood food insecurity. Qian has a very lyrical writing style, leaving the reader to infer a lot about the inner lives of her parents throughout the story. It centers around the years where they were undocumented in the US, and I wish she delved more into the aftermath and unpacking of it. The lart chapter is a sprint through her adulthood, I would have liked to see how her life in Canada further contrasted against her Chinese and American lives. Particularly as she focused on her mother's journey throughout the memoir. It's easy to forget the political context of their move, especially when you see the glaring mysogyny of the father. A tough family dynamic between all involved, and a family struggling to find safe haven.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Medical trauma, Misogyny, and Medical content

keekbeeek's review against another edition

DNF AT 58% 

This is an incredibly sad book. Within these pages we relive the trauma that Qian experienced as a child in America. It’s almost as if Qian wrote this book in order to process her childhood trauma— every single page and story was filled with visceral pain and trauma. May you feel grateful for your own childhood after reading this? Possibly. But at what cost?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Xenophobia, Child abuse, Sexual violence, and Pedophilia

xeniba's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

I felt this was beautifully written, though difficult to read at times because of the trauma the author experienced. I’m grateful to the author for being so transparent and sharing her story.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical trauma, Child abuse, Medical content, Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Xenophobia, Injury/Injury detail, and Racism

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

parasolcrafter's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense medium-paced

5.0

it always feels so odd to me, in some way, to talk about and rate memoirs because its somebodys life that youre, in essence, putting a number value on, so rather than try and do that ill just say that i loved the way Qian spoke about her life in the most intimate way that somebody can do; giving us the bad times, the good times, the scary times, and the times that maybe didnt paint her in the best light.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Classism, Deportation, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Misogyny, Violence, Animal cruelty, Colonisation, Racism, Sexism, Chronic illness, Grief, Hate crime, Pedophilia, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Excrement

lizlikesfrogs's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Racism, Deportation, Child abuse, Racial slurs, and Animal cruelty

apworden's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Vomit, Fatphobia, Medical content, Chronic illness, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Sexual harassment, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Racial slurs

bayleaff's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Classism, and Child abuse

Minor: Domestic abuse and Chronic illness